Courses

This lecture course examines sixteenth-century English literature in the light of the new religious, social and political challenges of the period.  Texts, primarily poetry and prose, include lyric poetry by Thomas Wyatt, Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, and John Donne; sonnet sequences by Philip Sidney and William Shakespeare; early narrative works by William Baldwin and George Gascoigne; works of early English literary criticism; travel writings by Walter Ralegh and Thomas Harriot; as well as longer texts including More’s Utopia. 

This lecture course examines sixteenth-century English literature in the light of the new religious, social and political challenges of the period.  Texts, primarily poetry and prose, include lyric poetry by Thomas Wyatt, Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, and John Donne; sonnet sequences by Philip Sidney and William Shakespeare; early narrative works by William Baldwin and George Gascoigne; works of early English literary criticism; travel writings by Walter Ralegh and Thomas Harriot; as well as longer texts including More’s Utopia.